September 28, 2006

Top News of the Day
Protests and Petitions
支持反腐上访者被扣押 称拥护中央行动 申请天安门遊行 (Shanghai Petitioners Taken Away After Submitting an Application to Assemble at Tiananmen Square to show support for Anti-Corruption Campaign)
Ming Pao, September 28, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060928/gca1.htm
On September 27, twenty petitioners from Shanghai applied to assemble at Tiananmen Square to demonstrate their support for the recent investigation into Shanghai Party Secretary Chen Liangyu. Their application, however, was rejected. They were taken away, and some petitioners were sent back to Shanghai.

News
Death Penalty
Gang Leader Receives Death Sentence
People's Daily, September 27, 2006
http://english.people.com.cn/200609/27/eng200609
27_306758.html

安徽临泉贩毒家族覆灭 6人获刑大姐死罪 (Leader of Drug Trafficking Ring Sentenced to Death in Linquan, Anhui Province)
Xinhuanet, September 27, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-09/27/content_5145208
.htm

Education
A Third of Households in W China Cannot Afford Middle School Fees
Xinhuanet, September 27, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-09/27/content_5
145540.htm

Gender
重庆妓女嫖客 将强制验爱滋 (Chongqing to Require Sex Workers and Their Clients to Take HIV Test)
Wen Wei Po, September 28, 2006
http://www.wenweipo.com/news.phtml?news_id=CH06
09280022&cat=002CH

Human Rights Defenders
中国民主党浙江成员多遭刑事传唤 (Members of China Democracy Party in Zhejiang Province Summoned for Chen Shuqing's Case)
Radio Free Asia, September 27, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/09/27/zhejia
ng/

Law
高法:修改刑事诉讼法应兼顾控制犯罪和保障人权 (Supreme People's Court: The Revision of Criminal Procedure Law Should Focus on Both Curbing Crimes and Human Rights Protection)
EastDay.com, September 28, 2006
http://news.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/node16
3476/u1a2348772.html

Media
Investigation Begins into 'Beating of Journalists'
People's Daily, September 28, 2006
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200609/28/eng20060928_307
077.html

Chongqing Internet Users No Need to Register
Shanghai Daily, September 27, 2006
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/art/2006/09/27/293139/Chong
qing_Internet_users_no_need_to_register.htmeed_to_register.htm

中国博客人数仅次美国 超3400万 (Number of Bloggers in China Reaches 34 Million, Second to US)
Radio Free Asia, September 27, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/09/27/blogger/

Olympics
Beijing Denies Plan to Evict Migrants
SCMP, September 28, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZWOGP9CRE.html

北京奥运立法密切关注奥运会安全保障等问题 (Beijing Olympics Committee Attempts to Draft Legislation to Accommodate Concerns over Security-Related Issues During the Olympics)
EastDay.com, September 27, 2006
http://news.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/node163
351/u1a2348707.html

Media Free to Roam in China During 2008 Games
The Guardian, September 27, 2006
http://sport.guardian.co.uk/breakingnews/feedstory/0,,-61
08336,00.html

Police
公安部就办理行政案件程序规定答记者问(实录) (Public Security Bureau Answers Media's Questions on the Procedures for Handling Administrative Cases)
Xinhuanet, September 27, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-09/27/content_51
43619.htm

Politics
潘小涛﹕政治局委员的宿命 (Commentary: The Fate of Politburo Members)
Ming Pao, September 28, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060928/fab1.htm

Public Health
中國販賣人體器官現象盛行 (Organ Sales ‘Thriving’ in China)
BBC, September 28, 2006
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/trad/hi/newsid_5380000/newsid
_5387200/5387238.stm

State Security
Report: China Cuts Sentence for Hong Kong Scholar Jailed on Spying Charges
International Herald Tribune, September 27, 2006
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/09/27/asia/AS_GEN_Chin
a_Jailed_Scholar.php

Tibet
Beijing Starving Nepal to Stop Tibetans from Fleeing
AsiaNews.it, September 27, 2006
http://www.asianews.it/view.php?l=en&art=7331

Restriction on Nuns Seeking Alms in Tawu County of Tibet
Phayul.com, September 27, 2006
http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?article=Restri
ction+on+nuns+seeking+alms+in+Tawu+County+of+Tibet&id=1
4010n+Tawu+County+of+Tibet&id=14010